eunoia

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eunoia

  • /juːˈnɔɪ.ə/

Rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə

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From Ancient Greek εὔνοια (eúnoia, “goodwill”, literally “well-mindedness”), from εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”).

noun eunœa

  1. rhetoric, uncountable Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience's interest at heart. Yea the Apostle himself in the forecited 2 Cor. 6.14. alludes from that place of Deut. to forbid mis-yoking mariage; as by the Greek word is evident, though he instance but in one example of mis-matching with an Infidell: yet next to that what can be a fouler incongruity, a greater violence to the r
  2. uncountable A state of normal adult mental health. The author says if we translate this metopic or coronal curve into the language of psychology we have eunoia or prothymia.

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noun (medicine, psychology) state of normal adult mental health

Русскийразумность razumnostʹ

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"eunoia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eunoia. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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eunoia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eunoia

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"eunoia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eunoia.

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@misc{eunoia_2026,
  title = {eunoia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eunoia},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}